Surf Mama: One Womans Search for Love Happiness and the Perfect Wave
- ISBN-10
- 1849535914
- ISBN-13
- 9781849535915
- Category
- Surfers
- Pages
- 317
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-06-02
- Author
- Wilma Johnson
Description
Wilma Johnson was living on the west coast of Ireland with her husband and three children, balancing the challenges of being an artist, wife and mother, until, in her forties and with a deep desire to seize the day, she moved to Biarritz and became a surfer.The waters of her new life are sometimes troubled and relationships aren't always steady; she splits with her husband, her children don't speak French and she lives with a growing menagerie. Her first attempts at surfing are disastrous: bruises, broken bones and a damaged ego the result, but when she sets up the Mamas Surf Club and experiences the euphoric feeling of catching her first wave, it's all worth it.
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